Combination-tool.



Y COMBINATION TOOL. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912. RBNBWED AUG. 15, 1913.

1,074,1 13. Patented sept.30,1913.

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COLUMBIA PLANoaRAPl-l C0.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED siATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

GEOEGEWALKEE GILIIEE, JE., 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Patented sept. so, 191s.

Application filed September 17, 1912, Serial No. 720,777. Renewed August 15, 1913. Serial No. 784,972.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WALKER GIL- MER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Combination-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a combination tool designed for use as a spreader and as pliers. It is useful particularly for spreading an opening, as in a punctured tire, but it is also adapted for gripping, as in holding or turning various devices, being particularly useful in turning a device in a diiiicultly accessible place.

The preferred construction of my invention comprises a lever having a jaw and a species of loop forming handles connected by a rack, in combination with a lever having a jaw cooperating with the jaw first named and a dog coacting with the rack to hold the jaws in separated relation.

The device is produced economically and satisfactorily from sheet material cut and bent to form.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of atool embodying my improvement-s Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Y

The tool, as illustrated in the drawings, lcomprises a lever consisting of the curved arm l with the jaw 2 thereon and the handles 8 connected by the member 4L having the rack 5 thereon, this lever being produced from sheet metal cut and bent to form with the production of a construction of channeled or substantially U-shaped cross section. A second lever, pivoted to the rst lever by the pintle 10, has the curved arm l with the jaw 2 thereon which coperates with the jaw 2, and the arm 3 containing a notch 3 for the passage of the rack 5, the extension 3 of this arm bearing in the channel of the arm 3 to steady the movement. A latch or dog Lt is fulcrumed on the arm 3 by the pin 3a and held in engagement with the rack 5 by the coiled spring 3b. This lever is also formed by cutting and bending sheet metal so as to provide a construction having a channeled or substantially U- shaped cross section.

I prefer connecting the arms 1 and 3 by the comparatively broad intermediate section 6 and the arms l and 3 by the comparatively broad intermediate section 6', thereby providing bearings of requisite strength. A washer or bearing plate 7 is disposed between the bearings 6 and 6 and a washer 8 is disposed within the flanges 6 of the bearing 6.

In operation, in spreading an opening, the closed jaws 2 and 2 can be inserted therein and the handle 3 moved toward the appropriate handle 3 to spread the jaws, the latch A slipping over the inclined faces of the rack teeth and holding the jaws expanded to the desired degree by engagement with a vertical face thereof, the latch being released from the rack, to permit the free movement of the handle 3, by rocking it against the action of the spring 3b.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. A tool comprising a pair of pivotally connected levers having coperative jaws for spreading an opening and handles for operating said jaws, one of said jaws having a pair of said handles provided with a connecting member and the other of said jaws having one of said handles adapted to coperate with said member for holding said jaws in the desired relation.

2. A tool comprising a pair of pivotally connected levers provided with coperative jaws, one of said levers being provided with a pair of handles and a rack disposed between said handles, and the other of said levers being provided with a handle having a latch coacting with said rack.

3. A tool comprising a pair of pivotally connected levers having coperative jaws, one of said levers having a loop comprising handlesand the other of said levers having an arm adaptedV to oscillate between the limits of said handles, said loop and armhaving means connected therewith whereby they can be fixed to hold said jaws in a desired relation.

A. A tool comprising a pair of pivotally connected levers formed of sheet metal bent to form a substantially U-shaped cross section, one of said levers having handles connected by a part provided with a rack and the other of said levers having a spring i pressed latch movable over said rack.

on Which said levers osoillate connecting said 10 jaws and handles respectively. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name this 23rd day of August, 1912, in

the presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE WALKER GILMER, J R. Witnesses:

Jos. G. DENNY, Jr., T. M. BRoDERIoK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C." Y 

